

Jim Ridley of the “Village Voice” aptly summed up the film’s understated-but- real virtues: “Its poetry lies in the exaltation of ordinary detail.” This spare, emotionally resonant portrait of family life during times of struggle blends grinding, daily-life sadness with scenes of deft humor. The film features a script and cinematography by Charles Burnett. Woodberry crafted his UCLA thesis film, “Bless Their Little Hearts,” which was theatrically released in 1984. Part of the vibrant New Wave of independent African-American filmmakers to emerge in the 1970s and 1980s, Billy Woodberry became a key figure in the movement known as the L.A.
ELLA CINDERS TRAILER ARCHIVE
Check out the list below for this year and see the full archive on the official site. Also included on the list is Mike Nichols’ stellar drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, as well as The Right Stuff, The Magnificent Seven, and Judgment at Nuremberg. Banks tie-in?), and John Ford‘s The Quiet Man, which is in desperate need of a restored release. Today they’ve unveiled their 2013 list, which includes Quentin Tarantino‘ s Pulp Fiction, Mary Poppins ( Saving Mr.

Since 1989, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has been accomplishing the important task of preserving films that “represent important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking.” From films way back in 1897 all the way up to 2002, they’ve now reached 625 films that celebrate our heritage and encapsulate our film history.
